Ashenden or: the British Agent

by W. Somerset Maugham

Book Overview

A thief, languishing in prison for stealing moments, escapes and becomes a chronometric fugitive. Women wait in a long, endless line, night and day, without knowing what is at the beginning of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000YNZ0XU
• Release Date: January 1941
• Publisher: Doubleday, Doran
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A literary James Bond.

An amazing fictional account of Maugham's real life adventures as a spy for Great Britain during WW I. Written in Maughm's usual concise and elogant prose, these stories make the reader root for Ashenden who is nothing short of a literary James Bond. This account, written as a collection of short independent stories, shows that, when in the hands of an author with a command of the English language, suspense and intrigue can be create in a book in other ways besides stringing together one action scene after another. Simply Maugham at his best